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The technology of crime control
Society, Politics & Law

The technology of crime control

...adapted to non-penal and community settings. For Fucault such transformations herald a more tightly though less openly controlled society, in which all aspects of social life became subject to surveillance, official scrutiny, and discipline. In this cassette we'll be exploring whether such notions as panopticism, or the carceral society, have any bearing nowadays, in...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Looking at, describing and identifying objects
History & The Arts

Looking at, describing and identifying objects

...adapted extract from the Open University course A105 Voices, texts and material culture...Looking at, describing and identifying objects: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: demonstrate skills of observation and description of objects interpret objects and work towards writing object life cycles understand artefact databases...Looking...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
Data analysis: hypothesis testing
Science, Maths & Technology

Data analysis: hypothesis testing

...adapted extract from the Open University course B126 Business data analytics and decision making....Data analysis: hypothesis testing: Introduction - This course covers the fundamental principles of developing hypotheses. You will learn to distinguish between hypotheses that are directional and non-directional. This knowledge is crucial for the statistical testing that...
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Level 1: Introductory 9 hrs
A short introduction to the English language
Languages

A short introduction to the English language

...adapts to the different contexts in which it’s used. Language is also fundamental to our culture. It’s a badge of identity, both for individuals and groups. But this can lead to prejudice. People make assumptions about everything from someone’s education to their moral values based on how they speak. Language also mediates the way we experience and understand the...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Vaccination
Science, Maths & Technology

Vaccination

...adapted to survive for at least a period in human hosts. Some pathogens mutate or change their surface molecules so rapidly that they keep ‘one step ahead’ of the immune response, at least for a time; some disguise themselves from recognition by the immune system; and others have developed ways of limiting the effectiveness of the mechanisms directed against them....
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Level 2: Intermediate 14 hrs
Succeed with learning Badge icon
Education & Development

Succeed with learning

...Adapted from Entwistle et al., 2001) The way that some of these approaches are described suggests that some of them are ‘better’ than others. Do you think it sounds good to be a ‘deep’ or ‘strategic’ learner and less good to be a ‘surface’ learner? Do note however, that Entwistle’s ideas should not be taken as meaning that people always fall into one...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Project management: the start of the project journey
Money & Business

Project management: the start of the project journey

...adapted from Norris et al., 1993) PHASE GIVING RISE TO FAULT PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL FAULTS Requirements definition 38 Maintenance (operation) 32 Design 23 Installation 7 Requirements definition occurs at the very beginning of a software project. A software engineer or analyst visits the client and users, and interviews and observes them in order to determine what they...
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Level 3: Advanced 35 hrs
Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol

...Adaptation Programme (Adran Amaethyddiaeth, yr Amgylchedd a Materion Gwledig, dim dyddiad)...Gweithio hybrid: Cynllunio ar gyfer y dyfodol: 1.2 Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015 - Yn y DU, y ffordd fwyaf datblygedig o leihau allyriadau carbon yw Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015(Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru, dim dyddiad)....
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Level 1: Introductory 12 hrs